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GAMING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM Finding and evaluating educational games MARJEE CHMI National Geographic Socie @mchmi TREVOR OWE Center for History and New Med @tjowe

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These are the introductory slides for our games and learning workshop at ISTE 2010

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GAMING ACROSS THE CURRICULUMFinding and evaluating educational games

MARJEE CHMIELNational Geographic Society

@mchmiel

TREVOR OWENSCenter for History and New Media

@tjowens

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Young People Play Games

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97% of teens ages 12-17 play computer, web, portable, or console games

Lenhart, A., Kahne, J., Middaugh, E., Macgill, A., Evans, C., & Vitak, J. (2008). Teens, Video Games, and Civics, Pew Internet & American

Life Project. Retrieved from http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2008/Teens-Video-Games-and-Civics.aspx

 

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50% of teens played games “yesterday.”

Lenhart, A., Kahne, J., Middaugh, E., Macgill, A., Evans, C., & Vitak, J. (2008). Teens, Video Games, and Civics, Pew Internet & American

Life Project. Retrieved from http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2008/Teens-Video-Games-and-Civics.aspx

 

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99% of boys and 94% of girls play video games

Lenhart, A., Kahne, J., Middaugh, E., Macgill, A., Evans, C., & Vitak, J. (2008). Teens, video games, and civics, Pew Internet & American

Life Project. Retrieved from http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2008/Teens-Video-Games-and-Civics.aspx

 

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What Games Bring To Teaching

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Games act as on-going assessments

Gee, J. P. (2003). What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.  

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Games are inherently motivating

Gee, J. P. (2003). What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.  

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Students work at their own pace

Gee, J. P. (2003). What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.  

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Games encourage learning through mistakes

Gee, J. P. (2003). What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.  

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Things to look for…

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Conceptually Challenging Material

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Multiple Entry Points

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Personal Goal Setting

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Parallel Challenges

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How to use games?

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Awareness

links to games on your website include in parent newsletter recommend to school library

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Optional

assign as homework assign as extra credit recommend to special educators use as transition activity for students

who finish assignments early

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Large Group Activity:

Demonstration or full-class game on interactive

Use projector or interactive board

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Small group-individual activity

Laptops Computer labs One laptop per student